Yvonne Mitchell

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Yvonne Mitchell (born Yvonne Frances Joseph; 7 July 1915[1] – 24 March 1979) was an English actress and author. After beginning her acting career in theatre, Mitchell progressed to films in the late 1940s. Her roles include Julia in the 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. She retired from acting in 1977.

Early life

Mitchell was born Yvonne Frances Joseph, but in 1946 changed her name by deed poll to Yvonne Mitchell (without the Frances).[2] Her parents were Madge (Mitchell) and Bertie Joseph.[3][4] Her cousin was Conservative MP Keith Joseph.[5] She was Jewish[6] and was educated in Sussex at Battle Abbey School and St Paul's Girls' School in London.[7][8]

Acting

Mitchell trained for an acting career at the London Theatre Studio,[9] making her professional debut in 1939.[5] Already an experienced stage actress, she made her speaking film debut in The Queen of Spades (1949), although she played an uncredited minor role in Love on the Dole eight years earlier.[10]

She had several prominent film roles over the next three decades, winning a British Film Award for The Divided Heart (1954) and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival for Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957).[11] She appeared as Mildred in the controversial film Sapphire (1959).[12]

Mitchell was voted 'Television Actress of the Year' for 1953 by the Daily Mail newspaper, mainly for her role as Cathy in the Nigel Kneale/Rudolph Cartier adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.[13] The next year, she appeared in another Kneale/Cartier literary adaptation in the role of Julia, with Peter Cushing as Winston Smith, in their adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four.[14]

She starred as Lea in the 1973 BBC TV production of Colette's Cheri.[15] She continued to appear in television guest roles until the late 1970s, in series such as Out of the Unknown (in 1966);[16] her final screen role was in the BBC science-fiction series 1990 (1977).[17]

Writing

Outside acting, Mitchell was also an established author, writing several books for children and adults as well as winning awards for playwriting. Her plays include The Same Sky. She wrote an acclaimed biography of the French writer Colette, and her own autobiography was published in 1957.[5]

Personal life

Mitchell was married to the journalist, film and theatre critic and novelist Derek Monsey (1921–1979) and they lived in a village in the south of France.

Mitchell died of cancer, aged 63, in 1979. Monsey died the same year, roughly one month earlier.

Filmography

Year Film Role Director Notes
1941 Love on the Dole Factory Worker at Gate John Baxter uncredited
1949 The Queen of Spades Lizaveta Ivanova Thorold Dickinson
Children of Chance Australia Luigi Zampa
1953 Turn the Key Softly Monica Marsden Jack Lee
1954 The Divided Heart Sonja Charles Crichton
1955 Escapade Mrs. Stella Hampden Philip Leacock
1956 Yield to the Night MacFarlane J. Lee Thompson
1957 Woman in a Dressing Gown Amy J. Lee Thompson
1958 Passionate Summer Mrs. Pawley Rudolph Cartier
1959 Tiger Bay Anya J. Lee Thompson
Sapphire Mildred Basil Dearden
1960 Conspiracy of Hearts Sister Gerta Ralph Thomas [18]
The Trials of Oscar Wilde Constance Wilde Ken Hughes
1961 Johnny Nobody Miss Floyd Nigel Patrick
1962 The Main Attraction Elenora Moreno Daniel Petrie
1965 Genghis Khan Katke Henry Levin
1971 The Corpse Edith Eastwood Viktors Ritelis
1972 The Great Waltz Anna Strauss Andrew L. Stone
Demons of the Mind Hilda Peter Sykes
1976 The Incredible Sarah Mam'selle Richard Fleischer
1977 Nido de Viudas Elvira Tony Navarro
1978 1990 (TV Series) Kate Smith Wilfred Greatorex

References

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  1. ↑ Reference books give her year of birth as 1925. However, her name appears in the birth indexes for England and Wales for the July–September quarter of 1915.
  2. ↑ London Gazette, 8 October 1946, p. 5007.
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  5. ↑ a b c McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. p. 525; Template:ISBN
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  7. ↑ Mantell, Edward (1971). The Author's & Writer's Who's who: Volume 6. Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 563.
  8. ↑ "Mitchell, Yvonne". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Charles Landstone, Off-stage: A Personal Record of the First Twelve Years of Stage Sponsored Drama in Great Britain (Arts Council of Great Britain, 1953), p. 154
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